Carmelo Hayes won the WWE United States Championship on Smackdown.
Set for next week's WWE Friday Night Smackdown on The USA Network and internationally on Netflix from Buffalo, NY:
*Ambulance Match: Damian Priest vs. Aleister Black
*WWE Women's Champion Jade Cargill vs. Michin.
*Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair & Rhea Ripley & Iyo Sky vs. Nia Jax & Lash Legend & Asuka & Kairi Sane.
Main eventing the 1/9/26 episode of Smackdown in Berlin, Germany will be WWE Champion Cody Rhodes vs. Drew McIntyre in a Three Stages of Hell match, the first since 2019's Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole.
Trick Williams appeared on Smackdown tonight as a "free agent" with the idea that Raw is chasing him, so Williams was seeking an offer from Nick Aldis. The episode also featured a promotional video for Oba Femi, so they are starting to tease his move to the main roster as well. Basically, everyone who was spotlighted at the Cena retirement event is in play for moving up.
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